H.R. 1868

Restoring American Privacy Act of 2017

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115th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1868

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 4, 2017

Ms. Rosen (for herself, Mr. Pallone, and Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To provide that providers of broadband Internet access service shall be subject to the privacy rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission on October 27, 2016.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Restoring American Privacy Act of 2017.

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Protecting the privacy of broadband customers

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a provider of broadband Internet access service (as defined in section 8.2 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations) shall be subject to—

(1)

the Report and Order in the matter of protecting the privacy of customers of broadband and other telecommunications services that was adopted by the Federal Communications Commission on October 27, 2016 (FCC 16–148); and

(2)

the rules adopted in such Report and Order.